Retinal Vascularization Rate Predicts Retinopathy of Prematurity and Remains Unaffected by Low-Dose Bevacizumab Treatment.

Journal: American journal of ophthalmology
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Abstract

PURPOSE: To assess the rate of retinal vascularization derived from ultra-widefield (UWF) imaging-based retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) screening as predictor of type 1 ROP and characterize the effect of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) therapy on vascularization rate.

Authors

  • Emer Chang
    From the Oxford Eye Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (E.C., A.J., R.P., S.A.A., C.K.P., K.X.), Oxford, UK.
  • Amandeep Josan
    From the Oxford Eye Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (E.C., A.J., R.P., S.A.A., C.K.P., K.X.), Oxford, UK; Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford (A.J., K.X.), Oxford, UK.
  • Ravi Purohit
    From the Oxford Eye Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (E.C., A.J., R.P., S.A.A., C.K.P., K.X.), Oxford, UK.
  • Sher A Aslam
    From the Oxford Eye Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (E.C., A.J., R.P., S.A.A., C.K.P., K.X.), Oxford, UK.
  • Caroline Hartley
    Department of Paediatrics University of Oxford Oxford UK.
  • Chetan K Patel
    From the Oxford Eye Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (E.C., A.J., R.P., S.A.A., C.K.P., K.X.), Oxford, UK.
  • Kanmin Xue
    Nuffield Department of Neuroscience, Oxford University, Oxford, UK.